Early Stoa

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Early Stoa was the initial phase of Stoic philosophy, founded by Zeno of Citium and developed by early successors who established the school’s core doctrines in logic, physics, and ethics.

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Stoic school at Athens 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf phase of Stoic philosophy
philosophical movement
coreDiscipline ethics
logic
physics
doctrine cosmos is a living rational organism
fate is identified with divine reason
materialism
periodic cosmic conflagration (ekpyrosis)
pneuma as active principle
world is pervaded by divine reason (logos)
ethicalConcept appropriate actions (kathēkonta)
indifferents
preferred indifferents
ethicalIdeal Stoic sage
followedBy Late Stoa NERFINISHED
Middle Stoa NERFINISHED
foundedBy Zeno of Citium NERFINISHED
hasKeyFigure Apollophanes of Antioch NERFINISHED
Aristo of Chios NERFINISHED
Boethus of Sidon NERFINISHED
Chrysippus of Soli NERFINISHED
Cleanthes of Assos NERFINISHED
Diogenes of Babylon NERFINISHED
Persaeus of Citium NERFINISHED
Sphaerus of Borysthenes NERFINISHED
Zeno of Citium NERFINISHED
Zeno of Tarsus NERFINISHED
influenced Hellenistic philosophy NERFINISHED
Middle Stoa NERFINISHED
Roman Stoicism NERFINISHED
influencedBy Cynicism
Heraclitean philosophy NERFINISHED
Socratic philosophy
languageOfDiscourse Ancient Greek
locatedIn Athens
logicalDoctrine criteria of truth
lekta (sayables)
propositional logic
namedAfter Stoa Poikile NERFINISHED
originPlace Athens NERFINISHED
partOf Stoicism NERFINISHED
schoolType Hellenistic philosophical school phase
teaches living in accordance with nature
only what is up to us is truly good or bad
passions are judgments
the sage is happy even under misfortune
virtue is the only true good
timePeriod 3rd century BCE
early 2nd century BCE

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Hymn to Zeus associatedSchool Early Stoa
this entity surface form: Stoic school at Athens
Middle Stoa differsFrom Early Stoa
Middle Stoa relatedConcept Early Stoa